News archive from 24 April 2016

A spectacular new museum of the second world war is at the centre of an extraordinary row between international academics and Poland’s political leadership, amid claims that the country’s ruling Law and Justice party is putting history at the service...

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New light is about to be shed on a story that has haunted Ireland for almost four decades: the mystery of a little girl who vanished on her grandparents’ remote farm in Donegal, four miles from the...

The Ministry of Defence should lose its historic immunity from prosecution when armed forces personnel are killed during training, the Commons defence committee has said.
A detailed report by MPs, published on Sunday, concludes that the MoD should be...

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29, POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR A CHARITY, LONDON
Bunce was praised at the event by Obama for her “fight for people with disabilities and against violence against women”.
“I think that when friends...

Aboard a small boat chugging down the Perfume river in central Vietnam, watching a family of water buffalo graze on the bank, I had a thought about Britain’s membership of the European Union. The thought irritated me. I had put 6,000 miles between...

MUSIC icon Prince 's final journey echoed the way he lived life - away from the spotlight.
Thousands of fans flocked to his home to pay their respects after he died on Thursday, but the legend's family had already began planning his funeral.
And on...

SCOTTISH singer Sheena Easton cherishes all the time she spent "making music and memories" with pop legend Prince .
The pair collaborated on the hit song U Got The Look and Easton insisted those who became friends with Prince were...

Sir Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall reunited to attend the wedding celebration of their son James Jagger and his wife Anoushka Sharma on Saturday.
The bride looked radiant in her white gown adorned with lace, while her husband opted for a bright blue suit...

Singer Sheena Easton, a close friend of Prince , released a heartfelt statement on her website following his death.
The Scots star, 56 , worked with him on songs including The Arms of Orion and U Got The Look.
She said: “It is impossible to sum up in...

The view from Anne Scott’s office window takes in the incredible skyline of Kuala Lumpur, one of the Far East’s most exciting cities.
From the luxury hotel group she heads up, Anne has spent the last decade helping holiday makers from all over the...

View from Germany
When David Cameron first promised a referendum on British membership of the EU if he were re-elected as prime minister, the idea baffled most Germans. They could not believe that the British could be contemplating leaving the EU....

One university summer, I was thrilled to get an internship on Capitol Hill. It was way back in the early Dubya years. I was interning in a Democrat office full of liberal staffers from Massachusetts and everyone was obsessed with The West Wing....

One of the many depredations resulting from a highly powerful rightwing press and a cowed BBC is that there is a new carelessness about truth. Boris Johnson knocked off a column for the Sun on Friday morning in which he repeated the trope beloved of...

Dozens of celebrities have run the London Marathon – and some have done so in surprising times.
Nell McAndrew ran the 26.2 mile route in an impressive 2:54:39 in 2012, just 22 minutes slower than Olympic marathon runner Paula Radcliffe.
And Jenson...

In Channel 4’s dark comedy Flowers, Olivia Colman is pursued by two ardent admirers as she flounders around in a grim marriage.
“I don’t often get to play the object of lust, it’s quite embarrassing,” she says. “I got a bit nervous and giggly. But...